I’m a sucker for empowered and empowering female characters. No surprise then, when it came to my eagerness to watch Damsel, the latest action/adventure/fantasy from Stranger Things breakout star, Millie Bobbie Brown.
After watching the trailer, I was excited to witness the young damsel, Elodie (Brown) rise. Especially since Brown has that undeniable quality which more than suggests ‘capable heroine’.
After agreeing to marry a handsome prince following encouragement from her father, things end up being very far from ‘happily ever after’ for young Elodie. The good news is that what follows is a fun and easy-to-watch adventure. One I may not recommend with the highest level of enthusiasm when asked. Nevertheless, I say it’s worth it; particularly if you agree with the above opening line to this review.
It was satisfying to watch Elodie’s resilience as the story progressed. Even though, for me, the script felt a tad basic in parts. My only other issue is that final walk towards the end. It came across as overly exaggerated in a laughable and arguably cringy way for me. Perhaps I’m just too ‘mature’ for this type of execution.
Lastly, in case you were wondering, that wonderful dragon voice is courtesy of Shohreh Aghdashloo, a lady, would you believe it? Brava, I say, brava!
Happy Film Loving,
G
The Movie My Life 
That walk was something. I didn’t love it either but I bet some people do, and a lot. 🙂
Yes, indeed! 🤓🥂
It was probably the worst part of the movie – but my teenage girls were OK with it, and I stayed to the end, so that’s saying something! Linda
I’m glad someone agrees with me about the walk. 🤓🥂 Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Will probably skip this one.
I blame you not. 😁
What, haven’t you ever seen a dragon *hover before?😉
I guess not! 😁
Me neither😅 There were def some anomalies hehe
Never a truer word spoken. 😁
I am still on the fence as to whether to put this on the watch list. Nothing against MBB, who I enjoyed in the Enola Holmes films…and of course, Stranger Things. Then again, I do like me some dragons so perhaps I should give it a go.🐲
It’s worth it for the dragon alone! Top-notch VFX and voice performance.
Agreed! The effects are great, and of course the voice.
😁! I enjoyed the way you talked your self into probably watching Damsel. 😁 I hope you enjoy. The dragon really is great.
🤣 I did, didn’t I!
You sure did! 😁
It’s funny how we both watched it around the same time after https://experiencefilm.net/ recommended it. I admit I had it on my list since I love the fantasy genre, but would most likely take a long time before I’d get to it if it wasn’t for my fellow blogger. 😉
Now I just need to sit down and write my review…
I do love our blogger community. 🤓 I hope you enjoy Damsel. What am I saying? I know that at the very least you’ll enjoy the dragon.
Yes, I enjoyed it much more than anticipated!
In that case, I look forward to your review once it’s ready, no pressure. 🤓
EF discovered me, then I discovered him back and through him I discovered you. I like that we blog about similar things, but in our distinct way, which is great. We are now missing a female Asian LGTB blogger to cover the diversity clause. 😉
There’s something about the obvious diversity in this movie that bothered me slightly and I’m still trying to find out why (via introspection). Which is part of the reason I haven’t finished my review yet. Another reason is I feel the need to research VFX and who’s behind it. Dragon is simply too good for the production of this level.
Visualise it and it shall be! 😁
I’m even more curious now about your review. Wishing you a productive period of research and introspection. 🤓
I trust both your reviews over mine. I’m a bit out of practice. In hindsight I think I scored this a bit too high. Then again, I gotta look out for Millie (I’m biased because Stranger Things is my fav show)😁
I hear ya, EF. 🤓 I’m glad you still had a good time though, and overall, Millie did a good job.